Tokyo’s not the *only* clean city…

the clean city

X No illegally parked bicycles To show hospitality in the clean city

Tim says:

The first problem with this sign is that these two phrases don’t really fit together very well. I think it would be better to fit them together into one sentence, as in my correction below.

Also “the clean city” implies that it’s the only clean city in the world! Instead, it’s better to use “a” — eliminating illegally parked bicycles will help us to have a clean city.

O Let’s remove illegally-parked bicycles, and show hospitality to the world in a clean city!

周囲にある英語を見て、果たしてそれが正しい英語なのだろうかと感じる英語はありますか?「あの英語は絶対に間違っている」という英語の表記はありますか?看板の写真を撮って、Machigai.comに送りましょう!とんでもない英語だったら、このコーナーで出します!

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